Chapter 23: Xuanling Sect's sensation

Thirty-six changes into the number of heavenly generals!

Seventy-two changes into the number of earth fiends!

The thirty-six changes of the heavenly generals are not just a technique of transformation; they include thirty-six kinds of divine abilities!

They are respectively: manipulating creation, reversing yin and yang, moving stars and changing constellations, reversing the sun and moon, summoning rain and wind, shaking mountains and earth, riding mist and clouds, creating land from rivers, controlling the earth's golden light, stirring up rivers and seas, turning the earth into steel, the great escape of the five elements, the miraculous gates of the six jia, foreseeing the future, moving mountains and stones, reviving the dead, vanishing without a trace, controlling one's breath, guiding the primordial yang, subduing dragons and tigers, mending the sky and bathing in the sun, moving mountains and filling the seas, turning stones into gold, standing without a shadow, transforming one's form, having everything as desired, instant blooming of flowers, controlling the divine and manipulating qi, seeing through barriers, reversing the wind and fire, mastering the five thunders, shrinking into the depths and moving mountains, causing sand to fly and stones to move, crossing mountains and seas, turning beans into soldiers, and hitting the target with seven arrows.

Each divine ability is profound and extensive. If one fully masters them, they can truly be called an immortal!

In Journey to the West, Marshal Tianpeng is a high-ranking official in the heavenly court who commands a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals, a powerful figure among immortals!

However, after violating heavenly laws and being demoted to a pig, his strength greatly diminished. At least, Qin Jun himself does not believe that the pig Zhu Bajie in Journey to the West has the ability to command a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals. He thinks that either Marshal Tianpeng is deliberately concealing his abilities, or being transformed into a pig has significantly reduced his strength.

Fortunately, the system has drawn the thirty-six changes of Marshal Tianpeng. If it had been Zhu Bajie's, Qin Jun would have been devastated.

Boom!

Under the cover of night, thunderclouds gathered over the Xuanling Sect, and lightning bolts pierced through the clouds, startling all the disciples and causing them to open their eyes and stop their cultivation.

Inside a palace in the Xuanling Sect, Chang Qianqian, who was recounting her experiences outside to her father, Chang Tianyou, was so frightened by the thunder that she jumped up from her seat, and even Chang Hao trembled in fear.

The thunder was just too terrifying!

"What's going on?"

Chang Tianyou suddenly stood up. Despite his slender figure, he exuded a steady and mature charm in his white robe. His slightly graying hair bun added to his mature demeanor.

"Why is there suddenly thunder?" Chang Hao frowned. The Xuanling Sect was protected by a formation and had not experienced a thunderstorm in decades.

Unless someone was undergoing a heavenly tribulation within the Xuanling Sect!

What is a heavenly tribulation?

Cultivating immortality is an act against the natural order. When a cultivator breaks through, the heavenly dao will unleash a tribulation in an attempt to stop them. If the cultivator overcomes it, the heavenly dao will acknowledge them. From the Golden Core stage onwards, each breakthrough will attract a heavenly tribulation.

There were no more than ten Golden Core stage experts in the Xuanling Sect.

Could it be that a core disciple was breaking through to the Golden Core stage?

Chang Tianyou was suddenly excited and quickly walked out of the hall, with Chang Qianqian and Chang Hao following closely behind.

Not only them, but all the disciples in the sect were also speculating.

"Someone has broken through to the Golden Core stage!"

"Who could it be? Senior Sister Zhong or Senior Brother Zhuo?"

"It must be Senior Brother Zhuo Junjie!"

"Senior Brother Zhuo has been stuck at the ninth level of the Foundation Building stage for more than a year. It seems like he's going to break through in one go this time!"

"Wow, this heavenly tribulation is even more terrifying than the one when Elder Li broke through decades ago!"

The thunderclouds hovering over the Xuanling Sect continued to churn, and terrifying lightning bolts flashed, spreading a world-destroying aura that filled all the disciples of the Xuanling Sect with fear.

In the face of such a heavenly tribulation, the Xuanling Sect seemed as if it could be annihilated at any moment.

"Quick, activate the formation!"

Chang Tianyou's face changed drastically as he shouted, and the elders who had come out of the nearby attic quickly flew to the mountaintop.

Qin Jun was unaware that the divine ability he had drawn had caused chaos in the entire Xuanling Sect. Fortunately, the sect's formation would help him withstand the heavenly tribulation!

Unlike martial arts or spells, divine abilities, bearing the word "divine," were undoubtedly powerful, and the heavenly dao would not allow them to grow easily.

On the other side, in the courtyard where Qin Jun resided, Daji and the Howling Celestial Hound stood in front of Qin Jun's guest room in silence.

"The young master is comprehending divine abilities..."

After a long silence, the Howling Celestial Hound was the first to break the silence, but its voice was trembling.

Qin Jun was only sixteen years old and had a cultivation level of the fifth level of the Foundation Building stage. Yet, he could comprehend divine abilities!

For the Howling Celestial Hound, who had lived for an unknown number of years, this was simply inconceivable!

Daji frowned and said, "And not just any ordinary divine abilities!"

She could sense a terrifying aura emanating from Qin Jun's room, which even made her, a Void Transformation stage expert, feel palpitations. The thirty-six changes of the heavenly generals were among the few great divine abilities, even in Journey to the West. Those who mastered it were no less than great deities in the world, such as Marshal Tianpeng and Patriarch Bodhi.

...

The thirty-six divine abilities were completely imprinted in Qin Jun's mind. Although he had learned them, his cultivation level was too low. He could only use two divine abilities in succession before his spiritual power was exhausted, and the power he wielded was not earth-shattering.

Indeed, foundational cultivation was the most important!

Qin Jun slowly opened his eyes, and two beams of light shot out from them, making the pitch-black room incredibly eerie.

Boom!

The sound of thunder outside the window did not frighten him. He was just a little puzzled as to why it had suddenly started thundering.

Little did he know that the entire Xuanling Sect was in a frenzy over the heavenly tribulation he had attracted.

"System, continue to randomly inherit skills!"

Qin Jun silently prayed in his mind. With Daji and the Howling Celestial Hound guarding him, he had nothing to fear.

What he needed most now was martial arts.

The Qi Refining Technique was a mediocre martial art, equivalent to a common commodity. Despite being able to level up by defeating monsters and completing quests, he still needed martial arts.

The spiritual power cultivated through martial arts practice is extremely important for cultivators. For example, at the same level of foundation building, a cultivator who masters a spiritual-grade martial art will have several times, or even ten times, more spiritual power than Qin Jun, not to mention the quality of the spiritual power.

If the spiritual power cultivated from an ordinary-grade martial art is like a wooden sword, then the spiritual-grade martial art produces a steel sword!

Not to mention the earth-grade and heaven-grade martial arts!

As for higher grades, Qin Jun has only heard the system mention them, and there are no records of such in the Qianyue Kingdom.

"Ding! Begin random skill inheritance!"

It must be a martial art!

A martial art!

Preferably a super-grade martial art above heaven-grade!

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have drawn the 'Purple Rainbow Thunder Technique,' a top-grade heaven-grade martial art from an unknown character!"

Unknown character?

Does that mean a minor character...

Qin Jun's mouth twitched, but a top-grade heaven-grade martial art is not bad. It is at least a hundred times stronger than the Qi Refining Technique!

Just as he was lost in thought, the memories of the inheritance of the "Purple Rainbow Thunder Technique" flooded into his mind. Compared to the discomfort brought by the Thirty-Six Changes of the Heavenly Gang, the feeling was much milder, but his consciousness still fell into a blank state, no longer on guard against everything around him.

If someone were to attack him at this moment, they would definitely succeed easily.

But fortunately, Daji and the Xiong Tian Dog were guarding outside.

At the same time, the heavenly tribulation brought about by the Thirty-Six Changes of the Heavenly Gang began to show its might. One after another, electric dragons carrying the power of destruction descended. The protective sect formation of the Xuanling Sect was instantly activated, and a faint blue light shielded the mountains. The lightning struck the formation's light shield, causing ripples like stones thrown into a lake.